Senior Python Developer Jobs

The median annual salary for a Senior Python Developer was £65,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Senior Python Developer UK
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	755	792	912
Rank change year-on-year	+37	+120
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer	115	121	76
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.13%	0.12%	0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.13%	0.13%	0.071%
Number of salaries quoted	104	114	76
Median salary	£65,000	£62,500	£57,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+4.00%	+8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than	£43,250	£47,500	£47,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£100,000	£78,000	£90,000
UK excluding London median salary	£52,500	£70,000	£57,500
% change year-on-year	-25.00%	+21.73%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles UK
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	85523	94943	107102
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	95.96%	96.54%	96.59%
Number of salaries quoted	69945	79998	88268
Median salary	£46,250	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-2.63%	+5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£27,500	£26,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£74,000	£70,000	£71,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.40%	+3.75%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised that featured Senior Python Developer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Python Developer.

Salary trend for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Senior Python Developer over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Python Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+32	99	£65,000	+4.00%	16
London	+11	76	£70,000	+16.66%	13
City of London	+17	22	£67,500	+12.50%
Scotland	+28	16	£62,500	-
Glasgow	+23	14	£62,500	-
South East	+38	10	£42,500	-39.28%	2
Fareham	-	6	£42,500	-	1
Hampshire	-	6	£42,500	-	1
East of England	+1	4	£57,500	-11.53%
South West	-	4	£37,500	-
Cambridgeshire	-12	3	£57,500	-11.53%
Cambridge	-15	3	£57,500	-11.53%
Berkshire	+21	2	£52,500	-25.00%	1
Reading	+16	2	£52,500	-25.00%	1
West Midlands	+10	2	-	-
Coventry	-10	2	-	-
North West	-	2	£40,000	-
Manchester	-	2	£40,000	-
Gloucestershire	-	2	£37,500	-
Surrey	+30	1	-	-
Yorkshire	+5	1	£45,000	-	1
Thames Valley	-	1	£70,000	-
South Yorkshire	-	1	£45,000	-
Hertfordshire	-	1	£55,000	-
Devon	-	1	£32,500	-
Royston	-	1	£55,000	-
Plymouth	-	1	£32,500	-
Gloucester	-	1	£37,500	-
Edinburgh	-	1	-	-
Bristol	-	1	£52,500	-

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, Senior Python Developer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1	217 (100.00%)	Python
2	116 (53.46%)	Agile Software Development
3	78 (35.94%)	JavaScript
4	75 (34.56%)	Django
5	74 (34.10%)	Java
6	62 (28.57%)	TDD
7	54 (24.88%)	C++
7	54 (24.88%)	SQL
8	51 (23.50%)	Linux
9	49 (22.58%)	HTML
10	48 (22.12%)	Finance
11	46 (21.20%)	CSS
12	41 (18.89%)	NoSQL
13	39 (17.97%)	PostgreSQL
13	39 (17.97%)	Flask

14	36 (16.59%)	MySQL
14	36 (16.59%)	Amazon AWS
15	35 (16.13%)	Scrum
15	35 (16.13%)	DevOps
16	34 (15.67%)	Git (software)
17	33 (15.21%)	OO
17	33 (15.21%)	SDLC
18	32 (14.75%)	Docker
18	32 (14.75%)	Relational Database
19	30 (13.82%)	C#
19	30 (13.82%)	Banking
20	28 (12.90%)	Test Automation
21	27 (12.44%)	AngularJS
22	26 (11.98%)	Microservices
22	26 (11.98%)	Software Engineering

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	25 (11.52%)	Elasticsearch
2	13 (5.99%)	Apache Spark
3	10 (4.61%)	Apache Solr
4	7 (3.23%)	Tornado
5	5 (2.30%)	nginx
6	4 (1.84%)	Drupal
7	3 (1.38%)	Confluence
8	2 (0.92%)	OpenStack
9	1 (0.46%)	Gunicorn
9	1 (0.46%)	Jupyter
9	1 (0.46%)	SAS
9	1 (0.46%)	uWSGI

Applications
1	2 (0.92%)	Microsoft Excel
2	1 (0.46%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	3 (1.38%)	Sentinel
2	2 (0.92%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	1 (0.46%)	Capstone
3	1 (0.46%)	Payment Gateway

Cloud Services
1	36 (16.59%)	Amazon AWS
2	9 (4.15%)	Microsoft Azure
3	8 (3.69%)	Google Cloud Platform
4	7 (3.23%)	AWS CloudFormation
4	7 (3.23%)	Cloud Computing
5	4 (1.84%)	Loggly
6	3 (1.38%)	SaaS
7	1 (0.46%)	Amazon EC2
7	1 (0.46%)	Amazon ELB
7	1 (0.46%)	Amazon EMR

Communications & Networking
1	13 (5.99%)	HTTP
2	2 (0.92%)	Firewall
2	2 (0.92%)	Internet
2	2 (0.92%)	IPv4
2	2 (0.92%)	IPv6
2	2 (0.92%)	VPN
3	1 (0.46%)	DNS
3	1 (0.46%)	HTTPS
3	1 (0.46%)	SSH

Database & Business Intelligence
1	41 (18.89%)	NoSQL
2	39 (17.97%)	PostgreSQL
3	36 (16.59%)	MySQL
4	32 (14.75%)	Relational Database
5	25 (11.52%)	Big Data
6	15 (6.91%)	MongoDB
7	9 (4.15%)	Redis
7	9 (4.15%)	SQL Server
8	8 (3.69%)	RDBMS
9	5 (2.30%)	Hadoop
9	5 (2.30%)	Oracle Database
10	4 (1.84%)	Apache Cassandra
10	4 (1.84%)	InfluxDB
11	3 (1.38%)	Data Mining
11	3 (1.38%)	KDB
12	2 (0.92%)	Amazon RDS
12	2 (0.92%)	Data Warehouse
13	1 (0.46%)	HBase
13	1 (0.46%)	Neo4j
13	1 (0.46%)	Triplestore

Development Applications
1	34 (15.67%)	Git (software)
2	14 (6.45%)	Jenkins
3	13 (5.99%)	JIRA
4	10 (4.61%)	Vagrant
5	8 (3.69%)	Subversion
6	7 (3.23%)	Selenium
7	4 (1.84%)	PHPUnit
8	3 (1.38%)	Atlassian Bamboo
9	2 (0.92%)	Bitbucket
9	2 (0.92%)	GitLab
10	1 (0.46%)	Ant
10	1 (0.46%)	Hudson
10	1 (0.46%)	Jasmine
10	1 (0.46%)	Karma Test Runner
10	1 (0.46%)	Maven
10	1 (0.46%)	PostCSS
10	1 (0.46%)	Team Foundation Server
10	1 (0.46%)	TeamCity
10	1 (0.46%)	Travis CI
10	1 (0.46%)	webpack

General
1	48 (22.12%)	Finance
2	30 (13.82%)	Banking
3	24 (11.06%)	Investment Banking
4	10 (4.61%)	Financial Institution
5	8 (3.69%)	Front Office
5	8 (3.69%)	Marketing
6	7 (3.23%)	Retail
7	6 (2.76%)	Advertising
8	4 (1.84%)	Games
9	2 (0.92%)	Electronics
9	2 (0.92%)	Law
9	2 (0.92%)	Manufacturing
9	2 (0.92%)	Pharmaceutical
9	2 (0.92%)	Telecoms
10	1 (0.46%)	Billing
10	1 (0.46%)	Publishing

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	75 (34.56%)	Django
2	49 (22.58%)	HTML
3	46 (21.20%)	CSS
4	39 (17.97%)	Flask
5	27 (12.44%)	AngularJS
6	19 (8.76%)	RESTful
6	19 (8.76%)	Symfony
7	18 (8.29%)	REST
8	17 (7.83%)	jQuery
9	15 (6.91%)	Node.js
10	13 (5.99%)	Ext JS
11	12 (5.53%)	HTML5
11	12 (5.53%)	Pyramid
12	11 (5.07%)	CSS3
12	11 (5.07%)	React
13	9 (4.15%)	SQLAlchemy
14	8 (3.69%)	PyGTK
14	8 (3.69%)	Twisted
15	7 (3.23%)	NumPy
15	7 (3.23%)	RabbitMQ

Miscellaneous
1	21 (9.68%)	Algorithms
2	20 (9.22%)	Computer Science
2	20 (9.22%)	Fintech
3	19 (8.76%)	Greenfield Project
4	18 (8.29%)	Data Structures
5	13 (5.99%)	e-Learning
6	10 (4.61%)	Mobile App
7	7 (3.23%)	Life Science
8	6 (2.76%)	Hedge funds
9	5 (2.30%)	Analytical Skills
10	4 (1.84%)	Blog
10	4 (1.84%)	Derivative
10	4 (1.84%)	Robotics
11	3 (1.38%)	User Experience
12	2 (0.92%)	Client/Server
12	2 (0.92%)	CMDB
12	2 (0.92%)	Data Centre
12	2 (0.92%)	Enterprise Cloud
12	2 (0.92%)	iPad
12	2 (0.92%)	Linux Command Line

Operating Systems
1	51 (23.50%)	Linux
2	10 (4.61%)	Ubuntu
3	7 (3.23%)	Windows
4	6 (2.76%)	Unix
5	2 (0.92%)	Android
5	2 (0.92%)	Apple iOS

Processes & Methodologies
1	116 (53.46%)	Agile Software Development
2	62 (28.57%)	TDD
3	35 (16.13%)	DevOps
3	35 (16.13%)	Scrum
4	33 (15.21%)	OO
4	33 (15.21%)	SDLC
5	28 (12.90%)	Test Automation
6	26 (11.98%)	Machine Learning
6	26 (11.98%)	Microservices
6	26 (11.98%)	Software Engineering
7	25 (11.52%)	Mentoring
8	23 (10.60%)	Continuous Integration
9	20 (9.22%)	Unit Testing
10	18 (8.29%)	Analytics
11	16 (7.37%)	Data Analysis
12	15 (6.91%)	Mathematics
12	15 (6.91%)	Test Scripting
13	14 (6.45%)	BDD
13	14 (6.45%)	Kanban
13	14 (6.45%)	SOA

Programming Languages
1	217 (100.00%)	Python
2	78 (35.94%)	JavaScript
3	74 (34.10%)	Java
4	54 (24.88%)	C++
4	54 (24.88%)	SQL
5	30 (13.82%)	C#
6	26 (11.98%)	PHP
7	23 (10.60%)	Ruby
8	13 (5.99%)	Scala
9	12 (5.53%)	Go
10	9 (4.15%)	C
11	7 (3.23%)	VBA
12	5 (2.30%)	Perl
13	4 (1.84%)	Clojure
13	4 (1.84%)	R
14	3 (1.38%)	Groovy
14	3 (1.38%)	Lua
14	3 (1.38%)	Shell Script
15	2 (0.92%)	TypeScript
16	1 (0.46%)	Bash Shell

Qualifications
1	22 (10.14%)	Degree
2	10 (4.61%)	Computer Science Degree
3	2 (0.92%)	PhD

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	6 (2.76%)	QA

System Software
1	32 (14.75%)	Docker
2	1 (0.46%)	Varnish

Systems Management
1	8 (3.69%)	Kubernetes
2	5 (2.30%)	Ansible
3	4 (1.84%)	Grafana
4	3 (1.38%)	Puppet
5	2 (0.92%)	Terraform
6	1 (0.46%)	Docker Swarm
6	1 (0.46%)	Kibana
6	1 (0.46%)	logstash
6	1 (0.46%)	Marathon
6	1 (0.46%)	Oozie

Vendors
1	10 (4.61%)	Oracle
2	9 (4.15%)	Google
3	4 (1.84%)	Atlassian
3	4 (1.84%)	New Relic
3	4 (1.84%)	SaltStack
3	4 (1.84%)	Twitter
4	2 (0.92%)	SAP
4	2 (0.92%)	Tableau
5	1 (0.46%)	Microsoft
5	1 (0.46%)	Splunk
5	1 (0.46%)	Sun
5	1 (0.46%)	VMware